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Original 1974 Toyota Celica Still Looks Factory Fresh [Found On EBay]
Watch A Former Australian Rally Champion Hoon A Freshly Restored Vintage Racer [Video]
Tags: 1980, arc, Australia, Australia Rally Championship, Celica, Hoon of the Weekend, Motorsports, Neal Bates, RA40 Celica, Rally
Fiat 126 with one liter Yamaha engine is a high revving monster [Video]
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Have you seen this Star Wars Celica George Lucas is looking for? [Star Wars]
Video: JDM Legends explains love of cars from the Land of the Rising Sun
Filed under: Classics, Japan, Videos
JDM Legends talks classic Japanese iron - Click above to watch video after the jump
JDM Legends may be based in the outskirts of Salt Lake City, Utah, but the company's heart clearly belongs to Japan. The garage, run by shop manager Eric Bizek, is a slice of classic Japanese heaven in the middle of America. Skylines, Celicas and 510s are parked in various states of restoration with the ultimate goal of finding new homes.
Despite being happy to match classic iron to new owner, Bizek is also (and understandably) sad to see his projects leave. His love affair with these machines comes across clearly in Josh Clason's newest short film. Clason is the same person responsible for the last short on JDM Legends, and we're quickly becoming fans of both his work and the work of JDM Legends.
Click past the jump for a well-shot reason to save your money for an old Skyline.
Continue reading JDM Legends explains love of cars from the Land of the Rising Sun
JDM Legends explains love of cars from the Land of the Rising Sun originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: classic japanese cars, datsun 510, depth of speed, eric bizek, jdm, jdm legends, Nissan Skyline, Video
This 800-hp Toyota Celica beat up Formula 1 cars at Goodwood [w/video]
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Jonny Milner's Goodwood Toyota Celica - Click above for high-res image gallery
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is filled with a variety of machines all battling towards a singular goal. Every driver wants to be the cross the finish line in the least amount of time, and this year the winning car was a bit of a surprise. A bright orange Toyota Celica, piloted by rally champion Jonny Milner, blazed up the 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb course in 48.07 seconds. That time bested all of the supercars, and even the Formula 1 racers that participated.
How does a Toyota Celica make the run that quickly? By pumping out over 800 horsepower to all four wheels in a car that only weighs 2,318 pounds. The Celica's stock engine was replaced with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder unit plucked from a WRC Toyota Corolla. That mill was then paired with both a Rotrex supercharger and Garrett turbocharger, and Iif that wasn't enough, a nitrous oxide system was thrown in for good measure.
Video of the winning run hasn't made its way to the Internet just yet, but we do have footage of the car throwing down a 48.99-second run. Click past the jump to watch the clip, and then fast forward to 1:48 for Jonny Milner's run.
Continue reading This 800-hp Toyota Celica beat up Formula 1 cars at Goodwood [w/video]
This 800-hp Toyota Celica beat up Formula 1 cars at Goodwood [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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